Name: Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1973-1991
Brand: Chrysalis Records
SKU: 831942
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Performer Notes

Personnel: Ian Anderson (vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, flute, fife, tin whistle, keyboards); Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (vocals, acoustic & electric basses); Martin Barre (electric guitar); Dave Pegg (mandolin, bass); John Evan (piano accordion, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer); John Bundrick (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); David Palmer, Peter Vettese (keyboards); Matthew Pegg (bass); Doane Perry, Barriemore Barlow, Gerry Conway (drums).
Includes liner notes by Ian Anderson.
Personnel: Ian Anderson (vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, flute, fife, tin whistle, keyboards); Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (vocals, upright bass); Martin Barre (electric guitar); Dave Pegg (mandolin); John Evan (piano, synthesizer); John "Rabbit" Bundrick (piano); Dee Palmer, Peter-John Vettese (keyboards); Gerry Conway, Barriemore Barlow, Doane Perry (snare drum).
Liner Note Author: Ian Anderson .
Recording information: Chateau D'Isaster, France (1973).
In 1973, Ian Anderson and his Jethro Tull bandmates retired to a Parisian chateau to work on material for a new album. Though the band managed to record hours of material, the project was ultimately abandoned, leaving the music, known in Jethro Tull lore as the "Chateau D'isaster Tapes" to sit unreleased. Two decades later, at the behest of the group's rabid fans, Ian Anderson finally released Chateau D'isaster's 13 most complete tracks, coupling them with a handful of rare and unreleased career-spanning cuts on the double-disc NIGHTCAP.
The primarily instrumental Chateau D'isaster Tapes are largely what one would expect from Jethro Tull material of this vintage, with a few pleasant surprises. Anderson's proclivity toward writing songs about wildlife is given full flower on "Look at the Animals," a track in which the power-flautist casts an ant as the protagonist in a hostile world of crows, cats, and kangaroos. Another highlight is the somewhat anomalous "Left Right," in which the swarming, electrified gurgling, cooing, and laughing of infants gives way to an anthemic guitar workout. The unreleased cuts on the set's second disc are uniformly strong, with highlights including the technically indomitable "Paradise Steakhouse" and "Crew Nights."